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11 Orson Scott Card Quotes on Children

Orson Scott Card quotes on children

  1. You remember this little boy; they never tell you anymore truth than they have to.

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  2. So he wasn't like the adults who always believed lies as long as they made her seem to be the child they wanted her to be

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  3. How could he not know that children had minds of their own, and resisted taming?

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  4. These other kids didn't know love when they saw it.

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  5. Petra,' said Rackham, 'don't you understand that we love you children? All of you? We already had to send Ender away. We're sending them all away, except for you. Because we love you. Because we don't want any harm to you.

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  6. Adults [are] so strange

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  7. Maybe what we really want is for our children to be the dominant ones! Maybe I'm trying to see my own ambitions fulfilled in them, and that would be wrong, so I should be content with what they are.

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  8. There was majesty in the child, and only banality in this marriage:marriage is about banality. Its purpose is banality, to create an environment of surpassing safety and predictability for young children to grow up in, the foundation of life, the root of inner peace. What do I want for him, a troublesome, restless woman? A queen?

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  9. Children are resilient. No matter how they are battered, they have a way of thriving

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  10. It's a brave man who beats a little child. They'll no doubt write songs about your courage.

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  11. All children are manipulators

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